Patent #2769939 is *not* the GI-10 patent. Dieter incorrectly has that patent up on his site as the GI-10 patent, but the GI-10 patent is actually #2756366. The Northrop patent is not related to the GI-10, other than it's another gas discharge display design.
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/2756366.pdf The boxes unfortunately do not have a USAF contract number. The 5960 thing is just the National Stock Number. NSNs are basically useless...they show up on partminer sites, and tell you that your GI-21 or whatever is an ELECTRON TUBE, but that's about all they're good for. The Martin boxes are still important though, because they prove the Inditron was actually *used* in something. Based on what Martin was doing at the time, the best guess is an aircraft display or some piece of equipment that was part of Project Vanguard. It is not impossible that some Inditrons have been launched into space, much to the amusement of any intelligent aliens who happen to discover their crude construction. Micah Mabelitini http://www.decadecounter.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
